WTO Ministerial Ends With Whimper As Discussions Over Doha Round Stall
Members of the World Trade Organization wrapped up a three-day ministerial conference Dec. 17 with a whimper as divisions on how to advance the stalled Doha Round of trade talks continued to mark the discussions…
Former Chinese Negotiator Says Importance of WTO to China Is Declining
The World Trade Organization’s importance to China is decreasing as a consequence of the stalled Doha Round of trade talks and the exponential growth of bilateral and regional free trade agreements, a former senior Chinese trade official said Nov. 10…
U.S. Slams India’s Lack of Transparency, Trade Barriers at WTO’s Policy Review
The United States hit out Sept. 14 at what it said were a wide range of barriers imposed by India on trade in goods and services as well as a lack of transparency in the country’s trade policy…
Trade Officials Say WTO Unlikely to Deliver Deal in December, Doha Heading for Shelf
Trade officials in Geneva said July 21 they see little chance that World Trade Organization members will reach an agreement on a “deliverables” package for the trade body’s December ministerial conference and predicted the stalled Doha Round of trade talks could go into several years of hibernation following the meeting…
Trade Ministers Vow to Overcome Differences, Achieve Doha Round Breakthrough
GENEVA—Trade ministers from some two dozen World Trade Organization members vowed Jan. 29 to “seriously accelerate” efforts to overcome their differences and secure a breakthrough in the stalled Doha Round trade talks by the middle of the year…
WTO Members Endorse Work Plan to Secure Doha Agreement in 2011
GENEVA—Members of the World Trade Organization have given their endorsement to a work plan aimed at delivering a final Doha Round deal by the end of 2011, despite reservations whether the ambitious timetable was realistic or feasible.
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy outlined a plan to the organization’s members at a meeting of the WTO’s Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Nov. 30 under which the Doha Round negotiating groups would kick off intensified…